RAND Corporation as a senior fellow. Solomon published eight books, including "Mao's Revolution and the Chinese Political Culture" (1971, 1999), "A Revolution is Not a Dinner Party" (1975), "The China Factor" (1981), "Chinese Negotiating Behavior" (1985 and 2000), "Exiting Indochina" (2000), "American Negotiating Behavior" (2007), and "Peace Building" (2012). He served as a member of Partnership for a Secure America's bipartisan advisory board until his death in 2017. The Partnership is a non-profit organization dedicated to rebuilding the bipartisan center in American foreign policy and national security. Solomon received the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) from Whittier College in 2012. Death Solomon died on March 13, 2017, at his home in Bethesda, Maryland from brain cancer at the age of 79. References External links President Bush's nomination of Solomon as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Profile from the United States Institute of Peace Richard Solomon, Kissinger aide involved in ‘Ping-Pong diplomacy’ with China, dies at 79 1937 births 2017 deaths Writers from Philadelphia 20th-century American Jews Directors of Policy Planning Assistant Secretaries of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Ambassadors of the United States to the Philippines Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni University of Michigan faculty RAND Corporation people Deaths from brain cancer in the United States Deaths from cancer in Maryland MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences alumni 21st-century American Jews 20th-century American diplomats